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Can a ghost from the future save a life in the past? A chilling tale of dark forces and revengeThe ghost turns up one summer day, alone in a world she once knew, among people who were once her family. She knows she is one of four sisters, but which one? She can be sure of only one thing that there''s been an accident.As she struggles to find her identity, she becomes aware of a malevolent force stirring around her. Something terrible is about to happen. One of the sisters will die unless the ghost can use the future to reshape the past. But how can she warn them, when they don''t even know she exists?

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‘The complex plot, which twists and turns to the surprising climax, is absorbing, but equally interesting and frequently amusing are the family dynamics and the character sketches of the four fascinatingly eccentric sisters.’
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‘Gripping… Profoundly satisfying.’
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The Time of the Ghost

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    A Paperback / softback by Diana Wynne Jones

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperCollins Children's Books
      Published 8 May 2001
      ISBN-13 9780007112173
      978-0007112173
      ISBN-10 0007112173

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Can a ghost from the future save a life in the past? A chilling tale of dark forces and revengeThe ghost turns up one summer day, alone in a world she once knew, among people who were once her family. She knows she is one of four sisters, but which one? She can be sure of only one thing that there''s been an accident.As she struggles to find her identity, she becomes aware of a malevolent force stirring around her. Something terrible is about to happen. One of the sisters will die unless the ghost can use the future to reshape the past. But how can she warn them, when they don''t even know she exists?

      Trade Review

      ‘The complex plot, which twists and turns to the surprising climax, is absorbing, but equally interesting and frequently amusing are the family dynamics and the character sketches of the four fascinatingly eccentric sisters.’
      Horn Book

      ‘Gripping… Profoundly satisfying.’
      Publishers Weekly

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